Frequently Asked Question

Opening files on a modern Mac is pretty simple. You can open any icon in the Mac OS Finder, whether it’s a file or a folder, in at least six ways.

• Click the icon once to select it and then choose File→Open.
• Click the icon twice in rapid succession.If the icon doesn’t open, you double-clicked too slowly.
• Select the icon and then press either Command+O or Command+Down Arrow.
• Right-click or Control-click it and then choose Open from the contextual menu.
• If the icon is a document, drag it onto the application icon (or the Dock icon of an application) that can open that type of document.
• If the icon is a document, right-click or Control-click it and then choose an application from the Open With submenu of the contextual menu.